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the nasa officials warn the u.s. and the rest of the world simply do not have the ability to demany small meet tears, one in small quotations like the one that injured a thousand people in russia. or the one that now close to san francisco. nasa says it needs money to detect small asteroids that are flying around in space before they hit us and this is why. >> there are some objects we know that are coming years in advance. there are other objects still big enough to cause damage, that we only know about weeks in advance or days in advance. obviously we need to improve the capability to give us a large amount of notice, enough notice to mount a deflection mission, if we see one on a collision course. jenna: chief astronomer derek pitts is with us. so, derek, how vulnerable are we? >> well the real, the reality of it, jenna, is that while there are some large objects out there, we know pretty well where the big ones are. it is the smaller ones that we really have to be concerned about but the truth is that your chance
the nasa officials warn the u.s. and the rest of the world simply do not have the ability to demany small meet tears, one in small quotations like the one that injured a thousand people in russia. or the one that now close to san francisco. nasa says it needs money to detect small asteroids that are flying around in space before they hit us and this is why. >> there are some objects we know that are coming years in advance. there are other objects still big enough to cause damage, that we...
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nasa has invested 1.5 million for an online game. another one, 325,000 for a federal grant to build a robo squirrel which is designed to answer the question of what happens when a snake is confronted by a robot squirrel built to look, act and even smell like the real thing. we have that going for us. >> how about a menu of a million dollars a year they are spend opening a menu for people who travel to mars. there are no plans to have people traveling to mars and yet they put in the budget a million dollars. bill: was it any different now than when you were a senator? >> the problem is that it is much more -- no, it's not different. we had a lot of wasteful programs, but i have to tell you the budget situation was not nearly as dangerous as it is today. bill: we are paying more attention to it. >> oh, and we had better. we had better get ahead of this problem and not face a situation where the interest rates we're paying on the national debt go up to 4, 5, 6%, where you're going to see us spending more on interest than we do on progra
nasa has invested 1.5 million for an online game. another one, 325,000 for a federal grant to build a robo squirrel which is designed to answer the question of what happens when a snake is confronted by a robot squirrel built to look, act and even smell like the real thing. we have that going for us. >> how about a menu of a million dollars a year they are spend opening a menu for people who travel to mars. there are no plans to have people traveling to mars and yet they put in the budget...
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water, probably in the form of a mud. >> nasa played a key role in the rover project. parachutes were tested in wind tunnels at mofet field. this is an exciting find and it proves their hard work has paid off. >> the instrument is just working beautifully. it's a credit to the very talented team that worked hard on not only making this stuff, but making it robust and making it work in this very difficult environment. >> scientists plan on exploring more on the planet in the coming weeks. there is talk about sending humans there, but it's a challenge. it takes three days to get to the moon, but it would take six months to get to mars. reporting from mountain view, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a new analysis shows apple's majority rule could disappear. the report claims that apple share of the mobile market will drop from 51% last year to 46% this year. and that android devices will grow from 42% to 49% of the market. an analyst says that's mostly due to the popularity of smaller tablets using google's operating system. >> a $7 million system with 38 states in a data collect
water, probably in the form of a mud. >> nasa played a key role in the rover project. parachutes were tested in wind tunnels at mofet field. this is an exciting find and it proves their hard work has paid off. >> the instrument is just working beautifully. it's a credit to the very talented team that worked hard on not only making this stuff, but making it robust and making it work in this very difficult environment. >> scientists plan on exploring more on the planet in the...
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nasa says not unless the u.s. is ready to pay up. ainsley earhart has more. >> they're basically telling you to get on your knees and start praying. these killer asteroids are usually only seen in the movies, right? but last month's russia's close call with a meteor got people a little worried. yesterday nasa officials told congress they have only detected about 10% of meteors like that one which could wipe out an entire city. and while funding to track space threats has grown, nasa needs to spend billions in the next few years to expand the program, they say. officials say right now, the country doesn't have a defense. >> if you detected even a small one like the one that detonated in russia, head for new york city in three weeks what, we would do? >> if it's coming in three weeks, pray. >> the bottom line is always, the funding did not come. >> pretty scary. nasa is planning to build a sensor and laser system to hut down asteroids, but it will cost billions of dollars. but they say sequesterration cuts are threatening the plans. so
nasa says not unless the u.s. is ready to pay up. ainsley earhart has more. >> they're basically telling you to get on your knees and start praying. these killer asteroids are usually only seen in the movies, right? but last month's russia's close call with a meteor got people a little worried. yesterday nasa officials told congress they have only detected about 10% of meteors like that one which could wipe out an entire city. and while funding to track space threats has grown, nasa needs...
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nasa's chief provided this answer. >> the bottom line as always, the funding did not come. and i don't care whose fault it is or if it's anybody's fault, we all know what we're facing today. and we're all sitting here today as the congress and the administration try to figure out sequestration, something that never should have happened, nobody planned to happen, but we're facing it today. so the answer to you is, if it's coming in three weeks, pray. >> that's reassuring. >> lovely. >> houston, we have a budget problem. chad myers, is the sky falling? >> it isn't falling. we don't know anything that's headed our way just yet. that's good news. nasa says they know where 95% of these big asteroids are, that concerns me that they don't know where the other 5% are. and the ones that came across and hit russia, they know where 10% of those are. i don't like those odds. when there's a 10% chance of rain, that means it's probably not going to rain, but there's a 90% chance of something else, right? >> right. >> we don't know where almost 20,000 of these bigger than bus-size rocks a
nasa's chief provided this answer. >> the bottom line as always, the funding did not come. and i don't care whose fault it is or if it's anybody's fault, we all know what we're facing today. and we're all sitting here today as the congress and the administration try to figure out sequestration, something that never should have happened, nobody planned to happen, but we're facing it today. so the answer to you is, if it's coming in three weeks, pray. >> that's reassuring. >>...
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. >>> nasa and white house officials said the nation's asteroid detection program is behind schedule and billions of dollars are needed to keep americans safe from space threats like the meteor that exploded over russia last month. more than a thousand people were injured. officials said the risk of a massive meteor slamming into earth any time soon is small. just one in 20,000. here's the bad news, anderson. at least 10,000 large space objects -- one official used the term "city killers" haven't been connected yet. >> is it behind she-jool or schedule? >> she-jool. trust me. >> oh, smashing. >> tally-ho. >> i'm going to have some "aluminium" soda cans now. michele bachmann is back with claims about president obama wasting your money on chefs and dog walkers but are the accusations true? we're keeping them honest. >>> and what a convicted school shooter wore to his sentencing and what he said to victim families that has them understandably outraged. [ male announcer ] it's red lobster's lobsterfest our largest selection of lobster entrees, like lobster lover's dream or new grilled lo
. >>> nasa and white house officials said the nation's asteroid detection program is behind schedule and billions of dollars are needed to keep americans safe from space threats like the meteor that exploded over russia last month. more than a thousand people were injured. officials said the risk of a massive meteor slamming into earth any time soon is small. just one in 20,000. here's the bad news, anderson. at least 10,000 large space objects -- one official used the term "city...
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>> this has been huge. >> reporter: scott hubbard was nasa's first mars program director. he says the next step is to build a robot that can bring samples back to earth for testing. until then scientists are excited to see what "curiosity" discovers next. >> i would die a happy man if "curiosity" gives us that indisputable fingerprint of life. complex carbon compound, boy, that would be the cherry on top of the cake. >> reporter: nasa says "curiosity" will perform more drilling in may and with this kind of progress, he believes people could be on mars by 2033. rob and diana. >> all the money we spent on that thing. good to see -- thank you, brandi. for all right money we spent -- good to see results back. interesting findings. >> the people you hate, send them to the moon. send them to mars now. >> boom, gone. >> there i am. >> there you are. >> my favorite planet. >> your favorite planet you told me more than once. >> working dayside next week will be a different planet, for sure. better get used to it. whoo. uh-uh. >>> when we come back, tiger woods' ex-wife is moving on
>> this has been huge. >> reporter: scott hubbard was nasa's first mars program director. he says the next step is to build a robot that can bring samples back to earth for testing. until then scientists are excited to see what "curiosity" discovers next. >> i would die a happy man if "curiosity" gives us that indisputable fingerprint of life. complex carbon compound, boy, that would be the cherry on top of the cake. >> reporter: nasa says...
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. >>> this morning, nasa is trying to fix a software problem that's side lined the mars rover "curiosity." nasa says ground controllers are still in contact with the rover but it cannot roam around and take pictures until a fire error is fixed. they hope to fix the explorations by next week. it sounds like a little, mundane problem, a little fire error but it's so far away. >> yeah,. >>> sal, highway 4, is it getting better? >> yes. they've opened up the lanes there. this may have been caused by a wrong-way driver. the lanes are open. but highway 4 is a mess coming out of pittsburg and antioch. this is after willow pass road. all of the lanes are open. it will take a while for this to unwind if you are a highway 4 commuter. i think you need to leave the house earlier than you normally do. it's always slow but it's even slower. the bay bridge toll plaza is finally beginning to get filled in. the traffic is filled in at the toll plaza. this is a 30-minute plus delay there. if you are driving in the south bay, santa clara traffic, moderate traffic. >>> well, some breaks in the clouds. mostl
. >>> this morning, nasa is trying to fix a software problem that's side lined the mars rover "curiosity." nasa says ground controllers are still in contact with the rover but it cannot roam around and take pictures until a fire error is fixed. they hope to fix the explorations by next week. it sounds like a little, mundane problem, a little fire error but it's so far away. >> yeah,. >>> sal, highway 4, is it getting better? >> yes. they've opened up the...
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. >>> this morning, nasa is trying to fix a software problem that's side lined the mars rover "curiosity." nasa says ground controllers are still in contact with the rover but it cannot roam around and take pictures until a fire error is fixed. they hope to fix the explorations by next week. it sounds like a little, mundane problem, a little fire error but it's so far away. >> yeah,. >>> sal, highway 4, is it getting better? >> yes. they've opened up the lanes there. this may have been caused by a wrong-way driver. the lanes are open. but highway 4 is a mess coming out of pittsburg and antioch. this is after willow pass road. all of the lanes are open. it will take a while for this to unwind if you are a highway 4 commuter. i think you need to leave the house earlier than you normally do. it's always slow but it's even slower. the bay bridge toll plaza is finally beginning to get filled in. the traffic is filled in at the toll plaza. this is a 30-minute plus delay there. if you are driving in the south bay, santa clara traffic, moderate traffic. >>> well, some breaks in the clouds. mostl
. >>> this morning, nasa is trying to fix a software problem that's side lined the mars rover "curiosity." nasa says ground controllers are still in contact with the rover but it cannot roam around and take pictures until a fire error is fixed. they hope to fix the explorations by next week. it sounds like a little, mundane problem, a little fire error but it's so far away. >> yeah,. >>> sal, highway 4, is it getting better? >> yes. they've opened up the...
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nasa says it's possible, speshly considering that a immediator exploded over yusha last month. if one threatened new york, pray. 95% of asteroids capable of destroying civilization pose no immediate threat but they also say they know little about so-called city killers. in a house hearing yesterday a nasa official pushed for an astronaut mission to an asteroid by 2025. that is not comforting. >> not at all. faen you're up this early, maybe you didn't get enough sleep last night. new research this morning shows that getting just a few hours of sleep a night in a row can lead to almost immediate weight gain. immediate, folks. researchers at the university of colorado studied 16 healthy men and women for two weeks, some were allowed to sleep a luxurious nine hours a night. the rest just five hours like z and i. those who stayed up late and got less sleep not only ate more, they also ate less healthy food consuming 6% more calories than the well rested group. i'm just going to sleep and sleep and sleep. >> all they needed to do is study us here. >> anyone that works in news. >> rig
nasa says it's possible, speshly considering that a immediator exploded over yusha last month. if one threatened new york, pray. 95% of asteroids capable of destroying civilization pose no immediate threat but they also say they know little about so-called city killers. in a house hearing yesterday a nasa official pushed for an astronaut mission to an asteroid by 2025. that is not comforting. >> not at all. faen you're up this early, maybe you didn't get enough sleep last night. new...
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the epa is ordering nasa to clean up contaminated soil. the agency said that the soil at the moffet field site is contaminated with lead and ddt. it is a threat to wildlife. the water control quality board said it'll monitor the clean up along with the epa. >> little wayne is in critical condition reportedly in a los angeles hospital. tmz said the rapper is in a coma. members of his record label are denyingt. his twitter account was updated saying i'm good, thank you for the prayers and love. tmz also reports high amounts of codine were found in his system. >>> a tribe in michigan held it's first same sex marriage ceremony. >> >>> the tribe approved marriages. it's not legal in michigan but tribes are sell governing. two tribes in the pacific southwest also recognize it. disney will enforce new age restrictions starting next week. the park announced children under the age of 14 will have to be with someone 14 or older at both disneyland and california adventure. up until now many dropped off their children at the park for the day. the chan
the epa is ordering nasa to clean up contaminated soil. the agency said that the soil at the moffet field site is contaminated with lead and ddt. it is a threat to wildlife. the water control quality board said it'll monitor the clean up along with the epa. >> little wayne is in critical condition reportedly in a los angeles hospital. tmz said the rapper is in a coma. members of his record label are denyingt. his twitter account was updated saying i'm good, thank you for the prayers and...
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>> if you find it early, decades in advance, which is what the goal of nasa is to do, we have many options. then you only need to change its trajectory by a very tiny having and you know from flown in space that when you are many orbits ahead of time, very tiny changes in your speed make big changes in the timing of where you are many orbits later. in real terms, if you change the asteroid speed by a millimeter per second, that is about the speed and and walks, and you do that 10 years or more decades before it will hit the earth, you could make it hit the earth. all you need to do is run into it with a small spacecraft, you could tell them gravitational using a small spacecraft, for the larger ones, you can use a nuclear standoff explosion, these are all technologies we believe we know how to do. if you do not know where they are, there is nothing you can do. if you have a less than a few years' notice, we have no options. these options are very heterogeneous. they can the rubble pile. their composition is quite different. some have iron and some do not. are stony and consequently, it is
>> if you find it early, decades in advance, which is what the goal of nasa is to do, we have many options. then you only need to change its trajectory by a very tiny having and you know from flown in space that when you are many orbits ahead of time, very tiny changes in your speed make big changes in the timing of where you are many orbits later. in real terms, if you change the asteroid speed by a millimeter per second, that is about the speed and and walks, and you do that 10 years or...
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>> you know, we've heard nasa scientists call our solar system a cosmic shooting gallery. there are millions of asteroids out there and many of them pass near earth all the time. they don't hit us obviously, but there are more people looking now, so we're finding these ones that are coming down or swinging by all the time. we saw the asteroid that exploded over russia. >> sure. >> last month, too. so just having more people looking for them, we can spot them hopefully with more notice than what we saw last weekend with so many at the same time. >> all right. always good to see you. come back and bring us more of this interesting stuff. appreciate it. >>> closer to justice. the new legislation for the iranian hostages that could right a 33-year-long wrong. ncer] a lot of sinus products don't treat cough. they don't? [ male announcer ] nope, but alka seltzer plus severe sinus does it treats your worst sinus symptoms, plus that annoying cough. [ breathes deeply ] ♪ oh, what a relief it is! [ angry gibberish ] [ breathes deeply ] ♪ oh, what a relief it is! try running four
>> you know, we've heard nasa scientists call our solar system a cosmic shooting gallery. there are millions of asteroids out there and many of them pass near earth all the time. they don't hit us obviously, but there are more people looking now, so we're finding these ones that are coming down or swinging by all the time. we saw the asteroid that exploded over russia. >> sure. >> last month, too. so just having more people looking for them, we can spot them hopefully with...
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nasa says no, it's in a magnetic highway. voyager left earth 35 years ago. >>> look at this. objects in the trunk are closer than they appear. this is a real shocker for cops in kalamazoo, michigan, when they stopped a guy who said he hid a deer and took it home for food. when they popped the trunk, the deer popped out. surprise. obviously scared and determined not to be road kill, the deer fled the scene. can you imagine? >> i wonder why they stopped him and just happened to look in the trunk and find the deer. anyway -- >>> could pope francis lead reform for the catholic church? why he may not oppose civil unions, next. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] it was designed to escape the ordinary. it feels like it can escape gravity. ♪ the 2013 c-class coupe. ♪ starting at $37,800. ♪ >>> help us all. christine romans with a look ahead of what's going on, on "starting point." >>> we have the president minutes away from holding a live news conference from palestinian leader mahmoud abbas. we'll bring that to you live, along with instant reaction from the region and implications of
nasa says no, it's in a magnetic highway. voyager left earth 35 years ago. >>> look at this. objects in the trunk are closer than they appear. this is a real shocker for cops in kalamazoo, michigan, when they stopped a guy who said he hid a deer and took it home for food. when they popped the trunk, the deer popped out. surprise. obviously scared and determined not to be road kill, the deer fled the scene. can you imagine? >> i wonder why they stopped him and just happened to...